A 29-year-old man faces charges after a standoff in which he allegedly threatened to kill anyone who tried to stop him from committing suicide.

Police responded at 5:45 p.m. Feb. 20 to the 100 block of Boro Vu Drive in Northampton for reports of an armed man threatening suicide with at least one child in the home, court papers say.

Police say they discovered after the standoff began that an 8-year-old boy who lived in the home with his mother and
a 22-year-old nanny had fled before
authorities arrived.

Authorities say they found Scott Patrick Wines Jr., whose address in court records is listed as the 500 block of Sergeantsville Road in Delaware Township, at a bedroom window armed with a handgun. Police Chief Ronald Morey said Wines was visiting the home and the standoff was over in about 30 minutes.

Wines told police he would shoot anyone who tried to come in, court records say. Wines went to the front door, still armed, to speak with police before returning to his bedroom, court papers say.

Authorities said they had to block off a three-block area around the home during the standoff. Wines was taken into custody after he again showed up at the front door, this time without the weapon, authorities said.

The nanny told police she saw Wines earlier that evening in a bedroom armed with a gun, court papers say. She said Wines told her to leave or he would be forced to kill everyone, according to court documents.

Police say they secured a 9 mm handgun, loaded with a single round, as well as a full box of ammunition in the master bedroom.

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SINCE THE STANDOFF

Northampton Police Chief Ronald Morey said Scott Patrick Wines Jr. was at a secure facility between the standoff and his Thursday arraignment.

Wines was arraigned before District Judge Diane Marakovits on two counts each of terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person, court records say.